Fact Sheets
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A List of Energy & Agriculture Grants & Greenhouse Energy Resources
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Adjusting Alkalinity with Acids
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Crown Gall
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Aphids on Greenhouse Crops
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APPs: Useful apps for greenhouse growers
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Aztecs, Ambassador Poinsett, and Poinsettia
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Bacterial Blight of Geranium
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Bacterial Diseases of Geranium
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Basic Fertilizer Programs for Containerized Greenhouse Crops
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Beetles
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Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Greenhouse Crops
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Best Management Practices (BMPs) to Increase Fertilizer Efficiency and Reduce Runoff
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Biofungicides
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Biological Control in Greenhouses: Preparing for Spring Crops
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Biological Control: A Grower's Guide to Using Biological Control for Silverleaf Whitefly on Poinsettias in the Northeast United States
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Biological Control: Greenhouse Pests and their Natural Enemies
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Biological Control: Pesticide Compatibility, Testing Quality, Storage
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Biological Control: Using Beneficial Nematodes
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Biological Control: Western Flower Thrips in Spring Bedding Plants: Which Formulation of Mites is Best?
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Biological Control: Whitefly Control on Poinsettia With Biological Control at $0.10 a Plant - As Cheap as Pesticides and a Lot Easier
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Boom Irrigation Systems
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Botrytis Blight of Cut Flowers
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Botrytis Blight of Greenhouse Crops
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Broad Mite and Cyclamen Mite
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Bulb Mites
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Business Resources (Taxes, finance, labor, regulations, zoning, finding farmland)
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Calculations, Conversion Tables, Formulas for Horticulture
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Caring for Plants in a Retail Setting
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Chart - Ratios and Concentrations for Using Water Soluble Fertilizers
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Chrysanthemum Diseases
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Chrysanthemum White Rust
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Cleaning and Disinfecting the Greenhouse
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Combat Higher Fuel Prices with Efficient Heating Systems
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Commercial Producton of Holiday Cacti
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Container Labeling Regulations in the Plant and Nursery Industry
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Controlling Plant Height without Chemicals
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Corn – A Home Grown Heat Source
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Cut Flowers: Insects and Mites in Commercial Production of Field-Grown Cut Flowers
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Damping-Off of Bedding Plants and Vegetables
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Daylily Rust
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Daylily Rust and Daylily Streak
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Design and Layout of a Small Commercial Greenhouse Operation
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Develop an Efficient Materials Storage System
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Diagnosing Plant Diseases of Floricultural Crops
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Diagnostic Test Kits
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Diseases of Poinsettias
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Downy Mildew of Basil
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Downy Mildew of Coleus
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Downy Mildew of Impatiens
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Downy Mildews of Ornamental Plants
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Drilled Wells for Irrigation
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Drip Tape for Irrigation
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Drought Resources for Greenhouse Floriculture Crops
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Drought Tolerant Annuals and Perennials
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Easter Lily Schedules and Comments
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Edema and Intumescence
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Effects of pH on Pesticides and Growth Regulators
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Energy - Practical Ideas to Cut Your Greenhouse Energy Bill in Half
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Energy and Shade Screen Systems for Greenhouses
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Fan and Pad Evaporative Cooling Systems
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Fan Shutter Heat Loss in Greenhouses
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Fertilizer Calculations for Greenhouse Crops
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Fertilizer Injectors for Greenhouses
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Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias
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Fertilizing Bedding Plant Seedlings
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Fertilizing Bedding Plants
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Field Grown Annuals for Cut Flowers
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Flowering Cabbage and Kale
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Foliar Nematodes
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Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales
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Forms - Pest Monitoring Record-keeping
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Fuchsia Rust
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Fuels and Alternate Heat Sources for Commercial Greenhouses
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Fungus Gnats and Shore Flies
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Garden Asters
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Garden Center Design Guidelines
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Garden Mums - Past Crop Problems and Production Tips
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Garden Retailers and Late Blight Disease
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Geothermal Heat for Greenhouses
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Germination Chamber/Growth Room for Seedling Production
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Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and Postharvest Handling for Food Crops
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Grafting Techniques for Greenhouse Tomatoes
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Greenhouse and High Tunnel Tomatoes Resources
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Greenhouse Energy Conservation Checklist
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Greenhouse Facilities Master Plan
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Greenhouse Greens Resources
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Greenhouse Heat Distribution
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Greenhouse Raspberry Production
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Greenhouse Seeders
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Greenhouse Strawberry Resources
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Greenhouse Tomatoes: Fertilizing Plants Growing in Soilless Media
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Groundwater and Your Greenhouse
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Growing Garden Mums for Fall Sales
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Growing Geraniums
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Growing Quality Geraniums
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Growing-on at Cooler than Optimum Temperatures
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Growth Regulators for Bedding Plants
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Growth Regulators for Bedding Plants
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Growth Retardants for Poinsettias
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Hand Watering Greenhouse Crops - Resources
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Harvesting and Handling Cut Flowers
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Heat Storage for Greenhouses
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Heating System Efficiency for Greenhouses - Important Factors to Consider
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Heating System Maintenance
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Herb Bedding Plants: Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse
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High Tunnels - Low Cost Seasonal Growth Space
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Horizontal Air Flow is Best for Greenhouse Air Circulation
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How to Prevent Iron Deficiency in Iron Inefficient Greenhouse Crops
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How to Use pH and EC "Pens" to Monitor Greenhouse Crop Nutrition
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Hydroponic Greenhouse Production Resources
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Hydroponic Systems
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Identifying Some Pests and Beneficial Insects on Sticky Cards in Greenhouses
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Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
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Increasing Production Space in Greenhouses
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Insulating Sidewalls and Endwalls has a Short Payback
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Insulation - Know How
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IPM Scouting and Decision Making
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Is Your Water Supply Adequate?
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Keep Your Water System Operating Smoothly
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Late Blight and Tomato Transplant Production
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Late Season Application of Bonzi to Control Stretch of Poinsettia
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Lavender Production in Massachusetts
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Leaf Spot Diseases of Floricultural Crops Caused by Fungi and Bacteria
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Lily Leaf Beetle
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Managing Weeds in and Around the Greenhouse
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Mealybugs in Greenhouses
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Mechanization and Labor Saving for the Small Grower
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Mechanization and Material Handling Basics
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Methods of Greenhouse Media Testing and How They Differ
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Mist and Fog Equipment for Propagation
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Moving Cool Tolerant Plants Outdoors: Risks and Benefits
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Natural Ventilation in Greenhouses
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Natural Ventilation in Hoophouses
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New Guinea Impatiens: Watch Out for Soluble Salts
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New Perennial Varieties - Powerpoint presentation at 2011 Great Ideas Summer Conference
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Organic Fertilizers - Thoughts on Using Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Greenhouse Plants
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Organic Fertilizers and Soilless Media Show Promise
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Organic Greenhouse Production and Resources
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Organic Growing Media and Fertilizers for Greenhouses
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Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals
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Overwintering Containerized Perennials
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Pest Management in Retail Greenhouses
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Pesticide Storage
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pH and Fertility Review for Vegetatively-propagated Annuals
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Photoperiod and Bedding Plants
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Photoperiod Control Systems for Greenhouse Crops
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Pipe Insulation: An energy saving measure
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Plastic Greenhouse Film Update
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Plug Extractors, Watering Stations and Tagging Machines
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Pollinators, Neonicotinoids and Greenhouse Production
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Postharvest Handling of Six Field-grown Cut Flowers; Astilbe, Gladiolus, Helianthus, Liatris, Lilium, Zinnia
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Postharvest Handling Tips for Some Spring Flowering Bulbs
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Powdery Mildew Diseases of Ornamental Plants
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Preventing and Rescuing Overgrown Plants
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Preventing Rodent Damage in Greenhouses
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Preventing Rodent Damage to Overwintering Perennials
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Problems With Using Unvented Greenhouse Heaters
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Producing Fleurette Chrysanthemums as Centerpieces
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Production Guidelines for Four Crops—Osteospermum, Angelonia, Calibrachoa & Ornamental Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants
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Propagation Resources
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Protecting Your Water System with a Good Filter
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Rainwater Harvesting
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Recognizing Tomato Blights (2010)
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Reducing Humidity in the Greenhouse
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Reducing Storm Damage to Your Greenhouses
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Resources for Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers in High Tunnels
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Retractable Roof Greenhouses and Shadehouses
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Root Diseases of Greenhouse Crops
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Root Zone Heat - Installation Techniques
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Rosemary: Container Production for December Market
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Rust Diseases of Ornamental Crops
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Scheduling Biologicals
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Scheduling Greenhouse Crops
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Securing a Building Permit for a Greenhouse
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Selecting an Energy/Shade Screen System
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Selecting and Building a Commercial Greenhouse
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Selecting and Maintaining Thermostats
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Selling Plants at a Farmers Market in Massachusetts FAQs
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Shade for Cooling Greenhouses
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Sizing the Greenhouse Water System
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Soil Fertility for Field-Grown Cut Flowers
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Soil Test Report - Commercial Floriculture
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Soil Test Report - Commercial Floriculture
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Soil Testing
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Soil Tests - Sampling and Interpreting the Results of Greenhouse Soil Tests
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Soil Tests - Sampling and Interpreting the Results of Greenhouse Soil Tests
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Soluble Salts and Electrical Conductivity (EC) for Greenhouse Crops
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Southern Bacterial Wilt
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Sprayers and Spray Application Techniques
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Starting a Greenhouse Business
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Starting Seeds in Greenhouses
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State and federal regulations governing plant pests in Massachusetts
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Storm Preparedness and Response
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Subirrigating Seed Geraniums with Bonzi
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Subirrigation for Greenhouse Crops
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Subirrigation Systems
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Sugar and Acidity in Preservative Solutions for Field-Grown Cut Flowers
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Surface Water for Irrigation
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Survey of Pythium Isolates for Resistance to Subdue (metalaxyl)
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Tarnished Plant Bug - Field Grown Cut Flowers
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Tissue Sampling and Analysis Resources
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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV)
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Transplanting Methods and Equipment in Greenhouses
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Transplanting Plugs and Grouping Plants
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Twospotted Spider Mites
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UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: I. Salinity, Sodium and Chloride
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UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: II. pH, Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium and Other Elements
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Upgrading the Greenhouse Heating System
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Using Coralbells as Cut Flowers
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Using Natural Fertilizers in Ground Beds in Greenhouses: Converting Chemical Fertilizer Recommendations to Organic Fertilizers
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Using Virus Indicator Plants
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Vegetable Bedding Plant Production and Pest Management
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Ventilation for Greenhouses
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Videos on Soil Testing
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Virtual Grower - Link to USDA software
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Water Quality: pH and Alkalinity
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Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers
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Western Flower Thrips, Management and Tospoviruses
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What are Biostimulants?
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Whiteflies on Greenhouse Crops
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Will the Zoning Commission Approve Your Greenhouse Project?
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Wood Heat for Greenhouses